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Parts 20-23, relating to load-bearing capacity, integrity and where appropriateinsulation for less than 30 minutes or for such longer period as may berequired in the case of that construction.Fire test report means the documentation received from a UKAS testinghouse detailing a test carried out to BS 476 on a particular product orconstruction and the fire resistance performance achieved by theproduct/construction in that test.Higher risk room means a room or other area which, because of its functionand/or contents, presents a greater risk of fire occurring and developing thanelsewhere, this will usually include all non-domestic uses.Inner room means a room from which escape is possible only by passingthrough an access room.Independent second stairway means a second standard stairway within abuilding (not being a secondary means of escape) which is protected to thesame degree as the first i.e. a two staircase building. To fall within thisdefinition the two staircases must be fully independent with no necessity topass through one to get to the other.Means of escape: there is at present no statutory definition of whatconstitutes “means of escape from fire” but the standards laid down in thisguidance are based on the definition contained in section 5(5) of the FirePrecautions Act 1971 as amended by the Fire Safety and Safety of Places ofSport Act 1987, which states “escape in relation to premises means escapefrom them to a place of safety beyond the building which constitutes orcomprises the premises and any area enclosed by it or enclosed with it”.Protected lobby means a lobby having an adequate degree of protectionfrom fire and forming part or the whole of the horizontal component of aescape route or affording additional protection to an escape route.Protected route means a route having an adequate degree of protection fromfire including walls (other than any part that is an external wall of a building)partitions and floors separating the route from the remainder of the building.Secondary means of escape an alternative protected route from a buildingleading to a final exit. Usually via an external staircase or an adjoiningbuilding.Separating wall means a wall separating buildings.Standard risk room means a room or other area which, because of itsfunction and/or contents presents a risk of fire but does not fall into thedefinition of higher risk room, e.g. bedsitting rooms, living rooms, bedrooms,ordinary domestic kitchens, small domestic boiler rooms, cupboards and smalldomestic stores. Bathrooms/WCs containing no fire risk and all parts of theprotected route are excluded.London Fire Safety Guidance for Houses in Multiple OccupationVersion 2: 06/06
Suitably qualified person See Competent AssessorTravel distance means the actual distance that a person must travel betweenany point in a building and the nearest final exit, or door to a stairway whichis a protected route, or door to a protected lobby leading to a stairway, ordoor to adjoining premises as the case may be.Unit of accommodation a part of an HMO let as exclusive accommodationfor a particular occupier or occupiers. It could be a flat, bedsit, hostel room ora collection of non-self-contained rooms. It does not include the commonescape route.London Fire Safety Guidance for Houses in Multiple OccupationVersion 2: 06/06
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Two Storey HMOsRequirement Fire res
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Secondary meansof escapeNot require
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Three and Four Storey HMOsRequireme
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Secondary meansof escapeNot require
Page 11 and 12: Five Storey HMOsRequirement Fire re
Page 13 and 14: Extinguishersfire blankets&Secondar
Page 15 and 16: Five or Six Storey HMOs(Secondary e
Page 17 and 18: CupboardsstoresandWhere in staircas
Page 19 and 20: Fire Detection and Alarm SystemsINT
Page 21 and 22: impaired, standby supplies, manual
Page 23 and 24: Houses Converted to Self-Contained
Page 25 and 26: Bedsit -Type Houses in Multiple Occ
Page 27 and 28: Houses Where There Is A Mixture Of
Page 29 and 30: Mains wired smoke alarms with batte
Page 31 and 32: BRITISH STANDARDS RELATING TO FIRE
Page 33 and 34: DoorsTECHNICAL POINTS APPLICABLE TO
Page 35 and 36: FramesSize: Should not be less than
Page 37 and 38: identical to those in the door manu
Page 39 and 40: made for independent and protected
Page 41 and 42: Surface FinishesWALLS, PARTITIONS,
Page 43 and 44: Material/ProductA Brickwork, blockw
Page 45 and 46: Staircase LightingNormal staircase
Page 47 and 48: Secondary Means of EscapeINTRODUCTI
Page 49 and 50: Via RoofEscape may be via the roofs
Page 51 and 52: Unacceptable Means of EscapeThe cur
Page 53 and 54: Recommended maximum travel distance
Page 55 and 56: Diagram 1 : Escape in more than one
Page 57 and 58: Initial dead endIn any situation wh
Page 59 and 60: from any point at which that angle
Page 61: Glossary of Fire Safety TermsAccess
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